Nice. You’ll be squatting two plates real soon. Hitting 135 for the row is nice too.
Gonna reset the weight back to 80 or 85 for the press?
Unless I can’t progress for two consecutive weeks I’m going to hold at the same weight.
Actually on my next workout I’ll try for 100x5, then 95x5, 95x5.
And then the workout after that, I’ll try for 100x5, 100x5, 95x5.
You get the picture.
Today was workout 2 of week 6
Squats up 5lbs: 215x5, 215x5, 215x5
Bench the same as last time: 150x5, 145x5, 145x5
Deadlift up 10lbs: 225x5
Felt solid, looking forward to more calories.
I’ll probably put up some new progress pics at the end of week 8.
Workout 3 of 3 for this week:
Sundays workout was squat, standing press, rows
Squat up 5lbs: 220x5, 220x5, 220x5
Standing press stayed the same, though it was easier: 95x5, 95x5, 95x5
Rows up 5lbs: 125x5, 125x5, 125x5
Then on Monday I decided to do some accessory work. Nothing major, just some bi’s and calves.
Ez bar curl 60x8
Calf raise 50’s x 12
Ez bar curl 70x8
Calf raise 60’s x 12
Ez bar curl 60x8
Calf raise 60’s x 12
Ez bar curl 60x8
Calf raise 60’s x 10
Seated incline curl 25’s x 8
Seated calf 35x14
Seated incline curl 20’s x 8
Seated calf 25x20 out
Seated incline curl 20’s x 8
Seated calf 25x20 in
Seated incline curl 20’s x 8
Seated calf 25x14
Did about 20 minutes of foam rolling at the end.
How do you know you’re not going to get the reps at a certain weight if you don’t try? 
Week 7 - Workout 1
Today was Squat, Bench, Deadlift
Squat up 5lbs: 225x5, 225x5, 225x5
Bench up 5lbs: 150x5, 150x5, 150x5
Deadlift up 10lbs: 235x5
I’ll put some pics up at the end of week 8. As of week 6 I’d gained an inch on my legs so far.
[quote]Dark Days wrote:
Week 7 - Workout 1
Today was Squat, Bench, Deadlift
Squat up 5lbs: 225x5, 225x5, 225x5
Bench up 5lbs: 150x5, 150x5, 150x5
Deadlift up 10lbs: 235x5
I’ll put some pics up at the end of week 8. As of week 6 I’d gained an inch on my legs so far.
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Hell yes man! You are doing it right, way to take advantage of a fantastic program. Keep doing the work, keep making every workout, keep planning intelligently, and you’ll keep reaping the rewards.
Very cool milestone hitting 2 plates on the squat, and 300 deadlift is right around the corner, awesome! Your bench is moving along very nicely too.
If you can start shoveling down the food (I’d error on the upper end the next 2 months, around 5000+) you could continue to make some fantastic progress. Try to eat calorically dense foods that are reasonably healthy. Peanut butter, milk (if you aren’t allergic), avocado, etc.
If I had it my way you would be up to 175 in 2 months. THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO EAT A SHIT LOAD OF FOOD THAN RIGHT NOW, you will get an extra 50 pounds on the squat and deadlift over the next few months (than you would have otherwise) almost guaranteed if you can manage to get down enough food.
Best of luck, I’ll be checking in.
Starting Strength is very dear to my heart.
Thanks for the comment man. I love the program so far. I’m only managing 2800 or so calories on off days and trying to get 3400 on training days. I’m going to need to bump it up though I can tell already.
Had my bodyfat measured at the gym for the first time in years, I couldn’t believe it when they told me it was 7%.
After 7 weeks of so called bulking…
Today I went in to do some accessory work, you know, the icing on the cake.
Ez bar curls: 60x8
calf raise: 50’s x 12
Ez bar curls: 70x10
calf raise: 65’sx12
Ez bar curls: 60x9
calf raise: 65’sx12
Ez bar curls: 60x8
Calf raise 65’sx12
Incline curl 25x10
seated calf: 25x20
incline curl 20x10
seated calf 25x20 in
incline curl 20x10
seated calf 25x15 out
incline curl 20x10
seated calf 25x20
Med ball bicycle 8 lbs 1 min, 12 lbs 45 sec, 16lbs 40sec
foam rolled for a few minutes
intervals for a few minutes
Catch you guys later.
Nice progress with your log so far, keep it up.
7%!!! Looks like you need to bump it to 5000
Yeah I’m going to have to get more creative with my meals. I think I’ll gain on less than 5k though. I only weigh 144…
I’ll make up a new meal plan and try for 3600-3800 and see what happens in a few weeks.
[quote]Dark Days wrote:
Yeah I’m going to have to get more creative with my meals. I think I’ll gain on less than 5k though. I only weigh 144…
I’ll make up a new meal plan and try for 3600-3800 and see what happens in a few weeks.
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Do what you feel comfortable with but at 7% body fat your metabolism is likely out of this world. For the next 2 months when you really have the possibility of keeping up your strength gains I would really error on the high side of things, but certainly do as you see fit.
i would seek to not only gain, but gain at a pretty fast clip while you can still linearly progress (it will get a lot tougher later).
Yeah I hear you. Good advice for sure.
Week 7 - Workout 2 of 3
Friday was squat, standing press, rows
Squat up 5lbs: 230x5, 230x5, 230x5
Standing press same, though easier 100x5, 100x5, 100x4
Row up 5lbs: 130x5, 130x5, 130x5
Week 7 - Workout 3 of 3
Sunday was squat, bench, deadlift
Squats up 5lbs: 235x5, 235x5, 235x5
Bench up 5lbs for the first set: 155x5, 150x5, 150x5
Deadlift up 10lbs: 245x5
Squats are getting tough. Feels like I’m going to start seeing slower gains soon. Deadlift feels like I could still rep with 30-40lbs more pretty easily so progress should remain the same for the next few weeks.
A little about my diet. Right now I’m taking fish oil 4-6g daily, the animal pak multi, and animal pak joint support. As well as OPC-3(an antioxidant derived from pycnogenol and grape seed extract), resveratrol, and a greens supplement.
As far as performance supplements, I’m taking 4g of both beta-alanine and creatine ethyl ester on training days.
I’d like to add a stimulant to my pre workout, as well as a good bcaa. Any suggestions? I’ll also probably get some ZMA soon, I get the best sleep on that stuff.
[quote]BlackLabel wrote:
Nice progress with your log so far, keep it up.[/quote]
I would like to second that!
Keep adding weight as you’re doing. I got to the point of only being able to add 5 lbs a week, but still progressing.
When I started struggling to add weight to my squats I put front squats into my mid-week session.
I’ve been lazy and haven’t bought incremental weights… Ill do that soon.
[quote]mrodock wrote:
When I started struggling to add weight to my squats I put front squats into my mid-week session.[/quote]
Funny enough, that setup is similar to the Texas Method.
[quote]TheDudeAbides wrote:
mrodock wrote:
When I started struggling to add weight to my squats I put front squats into my mid-week session.
Funny enough, that setup is similar to the Texas Method.[/quote]
I won’t take credit for it . . . Rippetoe (my hero) recommends it somewhere in Starting Strength.